Chapter 1170

The sea breeze is blowing and wrinkling one side of the sea.

After inspecting the battleship Jingtao with the generals, Xiao Ming led a group of generals to Beisha city.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the city can see through the whole area, shipyards, mines, factories and roads. This once Korean mountain city is now part of the Empire.

Facing the sea, Xiao Ming pointed to the East and said, "Liu Chen, there is another enemy in the east of the Empire. As commander of the Pacific Navy, do you know who it is?"

Liu Chen looks serious, he said: "America."

Xiao Ming nodded, "yes, the conflict between the two camps in America and Europe is almost inevitable, but at this time, we can't let others take advantage of this opportunity, otherwise everything the Empire does will become someone else's wedding dress. "

Liu Chen nodded and said," the emperor said that when he was in Europe, he often found that American merchant ships only traveled to France. Many of these merchant ships were selling goods to France. "

"It's not surprising that the United States is independent with the support of France, and their relationship with France is naturally good. "Xiao Ming said:" this country has unique geographical conditions. Once it has the opportunity of development, it will inevitably become a threat to the Empire in the future, so from now on, you have to lay out a plan for this. "

having said that, Xiao Ming took out a chart from Qian Dafu, pointed to several islands in the Pacific Ocean and said," build naval bases on these three islands respectively, and cooperate with Zhu Sansi to capture the west coast of North America. "

The three places mentioned by Xiao Ming are contemporary Guam, Midway Island and Hawaii. Occupying these three places in the vast Pacific Ocean, the Imperial Navy would be able to control the whole Pacific Ocean, which is also very beneficial for Zhu Sansi to control the west coast.

After a pause, he said, "as for Europe, let's call Xie Yuan, the commander of the Atlantic Navy."

”Yes, Emperor. "Liu Chen replied that now he, the Pacific commander, is finally going to realize his dream of controlling the Pacific.

Setting the Navy's next strategy, Xiao Ming and the generals arrived in Youzhou by steam locomotive.

Since the barbarians were driven out of this land, Youzhou is full of vitality again. Now there are many businessmen living in Youzhou.

Most of these merchants sell cattle, sheep and horses, because Youzhou was developed as a pasture at the beginning.

However, with the development of the industrialization of the Empire, the grasslands around Youzhou city are shrinking. Many grasslands have been turned into factories by businessmen. At first, they were meat processing factories, and soon more factories were born here.

The increase of factories also attracted the floating population of the Empire. In more than ten years, Youzhou has been booming unprecedentedly.

Now Youzhou City, like Qingzhou City, has no complete city walls, and only the remaining city walls exist as landscapes.

The special steam locomotive stops in Youzhou city. Xiao Ming and a group of generals get off the train. Outside the station, Youzhou officials who have been informed in advance are waiting for the arrival of the people.

Thinking of some rumors, Liu Chen asked, "it seems that the emperor is very interested in Youzhou city. Now there are many rumors in the court hall that the emperor is going to move the capital. I don't know whether it is true or not. "

Xiao Ming smiles and says," some people in the court don't pay attention to their own affairs. They always like to speculate on my mind when they have nothing to do. But this time they are right. I really have the idea of moving the capital to Youzhou. "

" why? " Liu Chen was puzzled, "this empire can't reach Youzhou in terms of prosperity. Why did the emperor choose this place as the capital?"

Xiao Ming looks helpless. After all, the world is different from the local place. Here, Youzhou is just a humble place.

But for Xiao Ming, Youzhou has a different meaning, but he chose to come here for another reason.

That is, after years of industrial outbreaks in Qingzhou, environmental pollution has been very serious, and fog is the norm in Qingzhou.

Although from modern times, Xiao Ming knows the importance of environmental protection, but for an era that can only burn coal, it seems to be a luxury idea.

Moreover, the requirements of environmental protection technology are very high, and some technologies can not be realized in this era.

So, for two reasons, he had the idea of moving the capital.

Liu Chen simply said what he thought, and said with a smile: "so it is. Compared with the foggy sky in Qingzhou, it's blue sky and white clouds here. In the end, he always thought that the palace in Qingzhou was too small to be the emperor. The emperor must build a bigger Palace this time. "

Xiao Ming laughed when he heard that he wanted to leave something special for the world, so he said," I have meant this for a long time. This palace should be called the Forbidden City. "

as they speak, Xiao Ming and Liu Chen take a bus to the outskirts of Youzhou. At this time, Liu Chen realizes that the emperor did not come to Youzhou for the sake of the imperial capital.

Noticing Liu Chen's look, he said, "I've seen this battleship. I have to show you a special weapon of this battleship."

Liu Chen knew about a military factory specialized in developing and producing Naval Weapons in Youzhou. He said, "isn't the main gun the main weapon of the battleship? ""Of course, but this one is more hidden." Xiao Ming laughs. In fact, this thing is not very mysterious. It's just a torpedo used on a battleship. But for Liu Chen, this thing is powerful.

When he came to the military factory, all the personnel in charge of receiving Xiao Ming arrived. Xiao Ming didn't make a detour either. He said, "I got a call saying that you have made a breakthrough in weapons here, so I stopped by to have a look."

The officer in charge of Youzhou military industry excitedly said: "emperor, the military industry of Youzhou is divided into two parts, one is the army, the other is the Navy. The Navy's torpedo has been completed. We successfully use the compressed air engine to drive the single propeller to propel, and use the hydraulic valve to control the horizontal rudder plate at the tail of the torpedo to control the depth of the torpedo. Now our torpedo can be launched Ship. "

Liu Chen was stunned when he heard that as a combat force, they were only responsible for fighting, and they knew little about military industry.

So he could understand the cannon and the like, and they were completely blinded by the principle of the torpedo.

Looking at the expressions of Liu Chen and the generals, Xiao Ming said: "the purpose of bringing you here is to understand all the equipment of your navy. Take this opportunity to grasp the understanding. After you go back, you will accept brand new warships. When you sink the warships, I will not let you go."

The generals shuddered when they heard the speech, and they came forward one after another to seize it, and the military technicians asked carefully.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming and his military workers went to another yard. This is an equipment research base of the army. Like the Navy, a weapon of war was born here.

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